On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 11:43 PM, Johan Hartzenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> [snip] > I could now just re-install and recover my data (I keep my data far away > from OS disks/pools), or I can try to fix grub. I hope to learn from this > process so my questions are: > > 1. What is up with grub here? I don't get a menu, but it does remember the > old menu entry name for the default entry. This happens even when I try to > boot without the External drive plugged in. > > 2. How can I edit the grub commands? What does "Error 15: File not found" > mean? Is it looking for the grub menu? Or a program to boot? > > 3. Removing the internal disk from the machine may help... I am not sure to > what extent grub uses the BIOS boot disk priority... Maybe that will get the > external disk bootable again? > > 4. Should I try to get the grub menu back (from where I can try options to > edit the boot entries), or should I try to get the grub> prompt back? Or > should I try to get one of the pools to import? Where do I go from here? > > Note: I have been careful not to touch or break anything on the external > disk. However I never tried to reboot since partitioning the new disk with > an ACTIVE partition, the way it is at present. I think this could also > affect grub's perception of what disks are what. > > Thank you, > _Johan > I physically removed the internal disk. I am now able to boot again, at least temporarily.
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